Determining the time of death

Determining the time of death
There are several ways to determine death time of the murder cases. Please note that while the death of the victim is arround between when the victim last seen alive in the circumstances and when the victim found dead

Marks that can be used to estimate time of death are:
- Post-mortem temperature decrease
- Livid corpse (livor mortis)
- Stiff corpse (rigor mortis)
- The process of decomposition
- Something which found during the examination in time and place of occurrence otopsi.

decomposted body

Which can be found in the examination at the scene of an accident:
a. Investigation at the scene of an accident:
- The date on the letter mail or newspapers
- The rest of the food that is found, is still good or have become.
- Degree of coagulation milk in bottle
- The state of parasites in the body of the victim, for example, head lice:
- Head lice can live on dead bodies 3-6 days, when all lice have been dead more than 6 hours
b. Investigation in outdoor
- If the plant / grass under the pale corpse appears, it means that there remains in place more than 8 hours.

What can be found at otopsi?
a. Larva fly
To estimate the time of death by determining the age flyblow in the cycle.
Condition: there can be no flyblow cocoon and fly the most.
Death time= Age at death flyblow (days) + 1 day
b. the process of food digestion in the stomach
If found stomach is not contain food, rectum full of faeces and the bladder is full, time of the victim died early in the morning and not wake up. If the stomach contains food found roughly means the victim died within 2-4 hours after last meal.
c. Hair and beard
Hair on the speed of life has grown 0.5 mm / day, and after death, it does not grow again. Beard hair examination should be done in the first 24 hours for more than 24 hours of hair and skin furrow can show more skin on the chin, so if the hair is still growing.

otopsi of woman body

There is case that should be solved by four detectives. Detective Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, Kindaichi and Conan Edogawa. On 28 January 2009 at 07.00 am, the male dead body found recumbent position. Livid corpses in the back, stiff joints all the dead body, and decaying. When was the victim die?


answer: victim was murdered, between 27/1/2009 at 1.00 pm until 28/1/2003 at 1.00 am.